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Facebook called me this evening...

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  1. Bag0b0y

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    So facebook calls me and tells me to change my password because someone has tried hacking into my account as well as my wife's account. I asked him how he knows and he said something about algorithims. He gives me his number to "validate" himself as a facebook employee and so I called 4x not getting any answer. It's a 409 number from port arthur it looks like. Anyone ever get a call like this before?
     
    #1 Bag0b0y, Sep 10, 2015
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    I doubt Facebook would ever call someone.
     
    #2 juicystream, Sep 10, 2015
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    Tell him to get Mark Zuckerberg on the phone to validate.

    It's a hoax... Give no info.
     
    #3 jev5555, Sep 10, 2015
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    Faceback?
     
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    Hello, this is Facebook calling. We need just 5 more likes to help save this child from polio.
     
    #5 Mr. Brightside, Sep 10, 2015
  6. Bag0b0y

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    Yeah that's what I was thinking. The phone number he gave me to call was 409 972-9000. no answer. It was an unknown number when he called. so weird.
     
    #6 Bag0b0y, Sep 10, 2015
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    Algorithms = big data. Impressive what it can do.
     
    #7 bigtexxx, Sep 10, 2015
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    Port Arthur is where Mark Zuckerberg lives.

    Pretty legitimate.
     
    #8 Mr. Clutch, Sep 10, 2015
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    I don't know, all I could think of was this when he told me that.

    [​IMG]
     
    #9 Bag0b0y, Sep 10, 2015
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    Did he mention anything about being a female and possibly legally blind?
     
    #10 Salvy, Sep 10, 2015
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    Congratulations, you are now on the call list of the gullible.
     
    #11 Mr. Clutch, Sep 10, 2015
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    Was pretty sure he didn't work for facebook. Just wondered what that was all about. Guy didn't ask for password or anything.
     
    #12 Bag0b0y, Sep 10, 2015
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    This sounds like something my mother would fall for and call me about after providing her login credentials and a credit card number.
     
    #13 Harrisment, Sep 10, 2015
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    I once got the same call, I don't have a facebook account.
     
    #15 GlenDice, Sep 11, 2015
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    If they say they're from Facebook then you better give them the password.
     
    #16 Jontro, Sep 11, 2015
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    Time to change your phone number.
     
    #17 Haymitch, Sep 11, 2015
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    bullseye.
     
    #18 dragician, Sep 11, 2015
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    Post the number and we'll all them as ClutchFans representatives!
     
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    This is Gold
     
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